2018 Southern Jaguars football team

2018 Southern Jaguars football
Conference Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division West Division
2018 record 2–3 (1–1 SWAC)
Head coach Dawson Odums (6th season)
Offensive coordinator Chennis Berry (6th season)
Defensive coordinator Trei Oliver (3rd season)
Home stadium Ace W. Mumford Stadium
(Capacity: 28,500)
2018 SWAC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Alcorn State  2 –0     4 –1  
Alabama A&M  1 –1     2 –3  
Jackson State  0 –1     1 –2  
Alabama State  0 –1     1 –3  
Mississippi Valley State  0 –1     0 –3  
West Division
Prairie View A&M  2 –0     3 –3  
Southern  1 –1     2 –3  
Grambling State  1 –1     1 –3  
Texas Southern  0 –0     1 –3  
Arkansas–Pine Bluff  0 –1     1 –4  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Southern Jaguars football team represents Southern University in the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Jaguars are led by sixth-year head coach Dawson Odums and play their home games at Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC).

Previous season

The Jaguars finished the 2017 season 7–4, 5–2 in SWAC play to finish in second place in the West Division.

Preseason

SWAC football media day

During the SWAC football media day held in Birmingham, Alabama on July 13, 2018, the Jaguars were predicted to finish second in the West Division.[1]

Media poll

West Division
Predicted finishTeamVotes
1Grambling State96
2Southern78
3Prairie View A&M65
4Texas Southern31
5Arkansas–Pine Bluff30

Presason All-SWAC Team

The Jaguars had two players at four positions selected to Preseason All-SWAC Teams.

Offense

1st team

Jerimiah Abby – Jr. OL

Defense

1st team

Andrea Augustine – Sr. DB

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 111:00 a.m.at No. 16 (FBS) TCU*
FSNL 7–5542,219
September 86:00 p.m.at Louisiana Tech*
ESPN+L 17–5422,926
September 156:00 p.m.Langston*
W 33–18[lower-alpha 1]N/A
September 224:00 p.m.vs. Alabama A&M
W 29–2720,000
September 296:00 p.m.Alcorn Statedagger
  • Ace W. Mumford Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
L 3–2019,412
October 135:00 p.m.at Prairie View A&M
ESPN3
October 20at Texas Southern
October 276:00 p.m.Jackson State
  • Ace W. Mumford Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
November 104:00 p.m.Arkansas–Pine Bluff
  • Ace W. Mumford Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
November 244:00 p.m.vs. Grambling State
NBCSN
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
  1. ↑ This game was called late in the 3rd quarter due to lightning with Southern declared the winner.

Game summaries

at TCU

1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0 7 0 0 7
No. 16 (FBS) Horned Frogs 17 21 17 0 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Louisiana Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 7 7 3 0 17
Bulldogs 21 10 14 9 54
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2015 LT, 62–15

Langston

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 6 6 6 18
Jaguars 7 12 14 33
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–8–4 1957 SU, 40–20

Due to lightning, the game was called with about a minute left in the third quarter with Southern declared the winner.[2]

vs Alabama A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 6 9 14 0 29
Jaguars 21 0 0 6 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–7 2017 SU, 35–14

Alcorn State

1 2 3 4 Total
Braves 0 3 14 3 20
Jaguars 0 0 3 0 3
Overall record Last meeting Result
32–36–4 2017 ALCORN, 48–31

at Prairie View A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
53–29–2 2017 SU, 37–31

at Texas Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0
Tigers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
20–47–3 2017 SU, 33–7

Jackson State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Jaguars 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
34–29 2017 SU, 35–17

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Lions 0
Jaguars 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
48–14–4 2017 SU, 47–40

vs Grambling State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0
Jaguars 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
36–32–1 2017 GRAM, 30–21

References

  1. ↑ http://www.swac.org/news/2018/7/11/swac-football-all-conference-preseason-teams-released.aspx
  2. ↑ https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/sports/southern/article_e228fc9e-b960-11e8-bdc6-0fbf09f1185d.html
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.